Bartos Varga

Bartos Varga (died 1558) was a Hungarian nobleman during the mid-16th century.

Biography
Bartos Varga was born in Pressburg, Hungary, the uncle of Julien Varga. During the 1550s, his nephew was killed in a terrible fire, but the local magistrate assumed that his personal secretary Remi was Lord Julien and ensured that his family's stipends continued to reach him. In 1558, Bartos himself headed to the court of King Henry II of France to check on his nephew, who had seemingly been evading the family for years. He was greeted by Remi, who attempted to stall him by searching for the real Lord Julien; Remi then confessed to his betrothed, Mary Fleming, who believed that she had married a wealthy noble. Bartos soon deduced that Remi had fooled the family and attempted to attack him, but Mary accidentally killed him with a fire poker while coming to Remi's aid. Fleming and Remy then burned down the house to make it appear as if Varga's death was an accident and as if Lord Julien had died, and Remy went into hiding as Fleming returned to court as a "widow".